51 countries in Africa, 2025. Unit: people. World ranking →
Across 51 countries in Africa, the highest value is in Uganda (1,936,719) and the lowest in Cabo Verde (0).
The median country is at 35,241: half are above, half below.
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|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Uganda | 1,936,719 | |
| 2 | Chad | 1,502,263 | |
| 3 | Ethiopia | 1,010,466 | |
| 4 | Sudan | 809,816 | |
| 5 | Kenya | 617,125 | |
| 6 | South Sudan | 601,818 | |
| 7 | Libya | 552,523 | |
| 8 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 503,732 | |
| 9 | Cameroon | 408,613 | |
| 10 | Niger | 385,986 | |
| 11 | Mauritania | 301,490 | |
| 12 | Mali | 286,715 | |
| 13 | Egypt | 220,033 | |
| 14 | Algeria | 180,575 | |
| 15 | Tanzania | 171,142 | |
| 16 | Nigeria | 123,848 | |
| 17 | Rwanda | 115,794 | |
| 18 | Burundi | 110,800 | |
| 19 | Zambia | 83,225 | |
| 20 | Côte d'Ivoire | 74,630 | |
| 21 | Republic of the Congo | 62,500 | |
| 22 | Central African Republic | 55,307 | |
| 23 | South Africa | 55,177 | |
| 24 | Togo | 54,167 | |
| 25 | Burkina Faso | 40,996 | |
| 26 | Malawi | 35,241 | |
| 27 | Angola | 25,396 | |
| 28 | Djibouti | 24,899 | |
| 29 | Ghana | 21,050 | |
| 30 | Somalia | 20,967 | |
| 31 | Senegal | 17,259 | |
| 32 | Benin | 16,974 | |
| 33 | Zimbabwe | 8,570 | |
| 34 | Morocco | 7,304 | |
| 35 | Namibia | 5,470 | |
| 36 | Mozambique | 5,105 | |
| 37 | The Gambia | 4,108 | |
| 38 | Tunisia | 2,386 | |
| 39 | Guinea | 2,154 | |
| 40 | Eswatini | 1,414 | |
| 41 | Liberia | 1,172 | |
| 42 | Botswana | 847 | |
| 43 | Lesotho | 478 | |
| 44 | Gabon | 166 | |
| 45 | Eritrea | 119 | |
| 46 | Madagascar | 87 | |
| 47 | Guinea-Bissau | 24 | |
| 48 | Mauritius | 24 | |
| 49 | Comoros | 5 | |
| 50 | Cabo Verde | 0 | |
| 51 | Sierra Leone | 0 |
Tick a country in the table to add it to the chart above, up to six at a time. The ranking uses the latest year for which at least half of the countries have a value; countries without a value that year are not listed.
